Science Olympiad Foundation announced Exam Dates for Olympiads 2018

Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) has announced exam dates for Scholarship Olympiads conducted for students from Class 1^st to Class 12^th. The students who want to appear in SOF Olympiads can register themselves with online application for SOF exams available at their schools. For participating in the Olympiads, the schools have to register themselves in online mode for Science Olympiad Foundation, and then get the downloadable the application form for SOF Olympiads. The students can get SOF application form from school and register for the olympiads. SOF does not accept individual application forms from students for participating in the olympiads.   

Key Features of SOF Olympiads –

• The students are awarded cash prizes/scholarships, Medals and Certificate of Performance Recognition.
• For every SOF Olympiad, at least 5 students should participate from the registered schools.
• There is no registration fee for School’s registration and the school will become an exam centre for SOF Olympiad. Though, the students taking part in the SOF Olympiads have to pay a nominal fee for registration.
• There are multiple dates for each SOF Olympiad and the participating school can select their convenient date for conducting the Olympiads from the specified dates.
• Though the dates may be same for conducting SOF Olympiad of all classes, the syllabus and question paper is different.
• The test papers are based on syllabus prescribed by CBSE, ICSE and State Education Board only.

Important Dates of SOF Olympiads 2018 –

List of SOF Olympiads –

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National Cyber Olympiad (NCO):

The National Cyber Olympiad conducted by SOF for students who are academically good in Computer Science subject. The SOF NCO is conducted at the participating schools itself and in paper-based test mode only during the school timings. Know more about SOF NCO as mentioned below –

Classes – for Class 1^st to Class 12^th students

Exam Duration – 60 minutes

Test Medium – English only

Type of Questions – Objective type questions

Number of Questions – For class 1^st to 4^th, there are 35 MCQs and for Class 5^th to Class 12^th, there are 50 MCQs.

Subjects – There are three sections in the question paper of SOF Cyber Olympiad i.e. Section 1: Logical Reasoning, Section 2: Computers and Information Technology and Section 3: Achievers Section

National Science Olympiad (NSO):

The Science Olympiad by SOF is conducted in two levels for Class 1^st to Class 12^th students. The level 1 exam of SOF Science Olympiad is conducted at Schools for Class 1^st to Class 12^th and Level 2 is conducted for students studying in Class 3^rd to Class 12^th for and will include -

1. Top 5% students who participated and qualified level 1
2. Top 25 rank holders class-wise and zone-wise
3. Toppers from the classes, where at least 10 students participated in the exam and scored 50% marks in the exam

Classes – for Class 1^st to Class 12^th students

Test Medium – English only

Exam Duration – 60 minutes

Type of Questions – Objective type questions

Number of Questions – For class 1^st to 4^th, there are 35 MCQs and for Class 5^th to Class 12^th, there are 50 MCQs.

Subjects –

• For class 1^st to 10^th – Section 1: Logical Reasoning, Section 2: Science and Section 3: Achievers Section
• For class 11^th and 12^th - Section 1: Physics/Chemistry, Section 2: Achievers Section and Section 3: Mathematics/Biology

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International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO):

SOF Mathematics Olympiad is also conducted at two levels i.e. level 1 exam conducted at Schools for Class 1^st to Class 12^th and Level 2 is conducted for students studying in Class 3^rd to Class 12^th and includes -

1. Top 5% students who participated and qualified level 1
2. Top 25 rank holders class-wise and zone-wise
3. Toppers from the classes, where at least 10 students participated in the exam and scored 50% marks in the exam

Exam Duration – 60 minutes

Classes – for Class 1^st to Class 12^th students

Test Medium – English only

Type of Questions – Objective type questions

Number of Questions – 35 MCQs for class 1^st to 4^th and, 50 MCQs for Class 5^th to 12^th.

Subjects – There are four sections in the question paper of SOF Mathematics Olympiad as under –

Section 1: Logical Reasoning
Section 2: Mathematical Reasoning
Section 3: Everyday Mathematics
Section 4: Achievers Section

International English Olympiad (IEO):

SOF International English Olympiad is also conducted at two levels i.e. level 1 conducted at Schools for Class 1^st to Class 12^th and Level 2 is conducted for students studying in Class 3^rd to Class 12^th for  -

1. Top 5% students who participated and qualified level 1
2. Top 25 rank holders class-wise and zone-wise
3. Toppers from the classes, where at least 10 students participated in the exam and scored 50% marks in the exam

Classes – for Class 1^st to Class 12^th students

Test Medium – English only

Exam Duration – 60 minutes

Type of Questions – Objective type questions

Number of Questions – For class 1^st to 4^th, there are 35 MCQs and for Class 5^th to Class 12^th, there are 50 MCQs.

Subjects – There are four sections in the question paper of SOF International English Olympiad as mentioned below –

Section 1: Word & Structure Knowledge
Section 2:  Reading
Section 3: Spoken & Written Expression
Section 4: Achievers Section

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International Company Secretaries Olympiad (ICSO):

The International Company Secretaries Olympiad is conducted for class 11^th and 12^th students only. The Olympiad is based on the syllabus of Commerce subjects as prescribed by the affiliated education board of the participating school.  

Classes – for Class 11^th and 12^th students

Test Medium – English only

Type of Questions – Objective type questions

Number of Questions –There are 50 MCQs in the questions paper for five subjects.

Subjects – There are five sections in the question paper of SOF ICSO i.e. –

Section 1: Quantitative Analysis Reasoning
Section 2: Economics
Section 3: Business Studies
Section 4: Accountancy
Section 5: Achievers Section

International General Knowledge Olympiad (IGKO):

The SOF General Knowledge Olympiad is conducted at participating schools for Class 1^st to Class 10^th students only.

Classes – for Class 1^st to Class 10^th students

Test Medium – English only

Type of Questions – Objective type questions

Number of Questions – For class 1^st to 4^th, there are 35 MCQs and for Class 5^th to Class 12^th, there are 50 MCQs.

Subject – The test paper of SOF GK Olympiad is based on Class 1^st to 10^th General Knowledge level only.

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